April 16, 1746 – Drumossie Moor, Scotland—the Culloden Estate Brody MacCaulay woke to a pounding head and gut-wrenching thirst. What happened? The wind and sleet had blown through. Smoke from blazing canons no longer choked him. He no longer heard the deafening...
Episodic writing is inserting a scene that serves no other purpose than to add word count to a story. Remember, each scene should pull the reader further into the story–should make the reader loathe to put down the book. That means that each scene should either...
“I can’t believe you, of all people, can get that look on your face because I have a son without the benefit of a husband. At least I’m there for my son, and I will be as long as God allows me to walk this earth. I would never, under any circumstances, never abandon...
The doorbell echoing through the house was the last straw…as if the pounding hadn’t been enough. “I’m coming already,” Margaret Ellington snarled. Whoever was banging deserved whatever came out of her mouth. Pushing hair out of her eyes, she snapped the lock and...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WHITE ROSE PUBLISHING White Rose Publishing is seeking manuscripts to fill a special 2011 holiday release extravaganza. We are currently seeking novelette to novella length stories (between 15,000 and 25,000 words) to fill twenty-four special...
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